The Status of Markdown

Fletcher T. Penney fletcher at alumni.duke.edu
Fri Oct 28 15:55:17 EDT 2005


See my website for my solution to using Markdown to create PDF and
HTML (and OmniOutliner as well.) It could be extended to include
other formats as well.

http://fletcher.freeshell.org/wiki/My_Markdown_Workflow


On Oct 28, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Lst Recv wrote:


> I've been looking for a system to allow me to create documents,

> separating content, structure, and formatting, and allow me to go from

> source to PDF and HTML at the command line.

>

> I'd like to use Markdown for the raw text. But I'm a bit confused

> as to:

>

> * How to do formatting and styling for PDF output. With HTML, I can

> just add a simple style sheet. But if I'd like PDF output, I usually

> want more than that. I think another tool is needed - but I'm not

> sure what or how to do it. I'd like to keep the content in Markdown,

> and just style it up separately. Any ideas? Or is this beyond the

> capabilities of Markdown?

>

> * How to stucture the Markdown. Beyond headings, I'd like to

> semanticaly annotate different parts. (This also helps with

> formatting, as above.) Should I just create my own tags (eg

> <reminder> <example> <warning>)?

>

> I think Markdown can be the basis of a really powerful toolchain for

> document work. Any help is appreciated.

>

> PS Please CC me on all responses, if you don't mind.

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